"Famous for the city, kill the heroes, collect the soldiers from all over the world, gather them in Xianyang, sell Feng Dy, and cast them into twelve golden figures to weaken the people of the world. Then practice Huahua City, because the river is a pond, and occupy the city of hundreds of millions of meters. The abyss of unforeseen circumstances seems to be solid..." Zhao Tuo whispered in his heart, thinking of the popular article he memorized a long time ago.
After the unification of the Qin Kingdom, Qin Shihuang began to order the guards and lieutenants from various places to destroy the city walls and defenses of most famous cities. The inner Great Wall originally built by Qi, Yan, Chu, Zhao and other countries also began to be demolished to open up roads.
At the same time, all the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and knight-errant heroes from various places who dared to resist Qin's rule were also killed. Zhang Liang, Gongsun Xin and others who escaped were put on the wanted list.
A famous city, killing heroes. After these two things were done, the emperor ordered people to collect all the weapons, armors, bows, crossbows, horse gear and other weapons originally owned by the six countries to Xianyang City for destruction.
Zhao Tuo himself had no objection to collecting the world's weapons and destroying them. The weapons of the Six Kingdoms and the weapons used by the Qin army were different in shape, completely different in length, length and height, and could not be used in the army.
Even the missing bows and crossbows, and even the core components of large equipment such as ladders and chariots, cannot be replaced because they are different from the Qin weights and measures.
These weapons left behind have no use other than occupying the treasury. They may even be used by the rebellious remnants of the Six Nations to rebel. Rather than doing this, it is better to destroy them.
But after it is destroyed, what is used to cast it is very particular. Zhao Tuo naturally knew what Qin Shihuang wanted to use these things for.
Five feet tall and weighing a thousand stones, the twelve-gold man stands majestic. Create another wonder of the Qin Empire!
"After unifying the world, there is nothing to do. The emperor is going to transform into a figurine maniac." Zhao Tuo quickly thought of ways to deal with it. If he directly proposed the twelve golden men, Qin Shihuang would be happy and praise Zhao Tuo. You really know my heart.
But in Zhao Tuo's view, casting the golden man not only consumed a lot of people's energy, but besides satisfying the emperor's desires, the things created had no benefit to the entire country.
This is something that only harms the people's strength and is not beneficial to the country. It is not advisable for a spectacle to harm the country! Zhao Tuo took a deep breath, an idea came to his mind, and he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty recruits the soldiers of the world to fight wars and disasters in the world. It is really like King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty in the past who practiced martial arts and cultivated literature and released his horses to Nanshan. It is a great thing. Minister. I think it would be better to sell these weapons and cast them into plowshares, which can help the world's farming."
"Forged into farm tools?" The emperor frowned. Zhao Tuo pretended not to see it and continued: "In the past, the monarchs of the six kingdoms were tyrannical and made weapons of copper and iron. They fought with each other and brought chaos to the world. Your Majesty raised up righteous soldiers, put an end to the riots, and saved the head of Guizhou. Now that the world has been unified, your Majesty will use the six kingdoms to fight against each other. The weapons brought to fight were destroyed to show that the Zhu Xia family would no longer be able to fight. Then these destroyed weapons were forged into tools that would help all people in the world in farming."
"Compared with these two, it better reflects the confusion of the six kings and the wisdom of His Majesty."
"The emperor sold the armies of the world and forged swords into plowshares. Such a holy virtue should be praised by all people and preserved in the four poles!" After the unification of the world, Qin's political propaganda was to belittle the six kings and praise the emperor.
Now Zhao Tuo grasped this correct line and first put the high hat on Qin Shihuang.
"Forging swords into plowshares." Qin Shihuang chewed on these four words and looked at Zhao Tuo in front of him. Zhao Tuo has always understood his heart. From discussing the emperor's title to feudal disputes between counties and counties, every word this boy said was very consistent with his thoughts.
Qin Shihuang actually had an idea in his mind about collecting the world's troops this time. He summoned Zhao Tuo to inquire. Firstly, it turned out that the matter was the responsibility of the Shaofu and fell within the scope of Zhao Tuo's authority.
Secondly, the emperor wanted to see if this son could still understand his own thoughts. Unexpectedly, Zhao Tuo came up with a new idea.
Forge swords into plowshares. It sounds good and is very practical, but it is not what Qin Shihuang wanted most.
"Maybe the hint given was not enough." The emperor ignored Zhao Tuo's suggestion of forging swords into plowshares, and instead talked about another matter.
"According to the Lintao Captain's report, when I destroyed the six kingdoms and proclaimed myself emperor, twelve giants, five feet tall and six feet tall, wearing barbarian clothes, appeared near Lintao, all facing the direction of Xianyang. Kneel down and worship. Those Yin and Yang practitioners say this is auspicious."
"Auspiciousness? Damn auspiciousness!" Zhao Tuo cursed in his heart, guessing that Captain Lintao saw Qin Shihuang ascending the throne and specially made up a story to please the emperor.
Such auspicious things are not uncommon in later generations. Nowadays, it is only said that twelve Lintao giants appeared, which is quite simple.
In later generations, yellow dragons, blue dragons, unicorns, and other things can be found for you. However, Qin Shihuang mentioned this matter in front of Zhao Tuo, which was a naked statement.
Zhao Tuo suddenly realized, and said: "The twelve barbarians surrendered to the giant and knelt down. This must be the surrender of the four barbarians, and your majesty dominates the world. This makes it even more obvious that when the world is peaceful and your majesty is forging swords into plowshares, it would be better to also forge twelve small swords. It is a sign of people kneeling down to commemorate this event." Qin Shihuang shook his head, what Zhao Tuo said this time was barely in line with his wishes.
But twelve little people?
"I want to use this to cast twelve golden figures and make them stand in Xianyang, just to show the great power of our Qin Dynasty!" Qin Shihuang's voice suddenly became louder, and in his mind, there were twelve golden figures kneeling in front of Xianyang Palace. In the square, that majestic and tall appearance.
style! Just thinking about it makes people happy.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed a magnificent thing to sell the soldiers of the world to cast the golden man. But the erection of the golden man in Xianyang makes the people of the world unable to look up and feel the power of your majesty."
"I think of a major event in the world, maybe we can combine it with each other." Zhao Tuo answered. Qin Shihuang's face became a little cold and he said: "What are you talking about?" Zhao Tuo immediately replied: "I traveled to the six countries before and found that the coins of each country were abnormally shaped and very inconvenient to circulate and use."
"For example, our Qin State uses half a tael of money, Yan State uses sharp-headed knives, Chu State uses ant-nosed coins, and Wei State uses Yuan coins... The coins of each country are different and have different weights, and there are many private coin coins in the hometown of the princes. It has caused people all over the world to suffer for a long time. Now that the Qin State has unified the world, we cannot let this situation continue." Seeing Zhao Tuo talking about business, Qin Shihuang nodded and said: "I already know about this matter, the prime minister and the young master... the former young master The government is already discussing the matter of unifying the world's currency. Our Qin State has unified the world and the six kingdoms have been destroyed. The coins used by the princes in the past are naturally not allowed to exist. When the prime minister makes a decision, the world's currency should also be unified. . You are the young master and have the power to mint coins. You will take over this matter later. But why did you mention this matter at this time? Zhao Tuo said hurriedly: "I just think that if those weapons of the world are only used to cast coins, Although the Twelve Golden Men can show the majesty of Your Majesty and our Great Qin, it would be a pity that they cannot be admired by all the people in the world. "
"Therefore, I think it is better to separate the weapons and make plows from the iron ones to show your majesty's virtue and scorn the six kings. And the bronze ones can be cast into coins and be implemented together with the unification of the world's currency."
"I think it is possible to print the image of the Yi people kneeling on the coins. Once the coins are circulated, all coin holders in the world will be shocked by the images of the Yi people on the coins. Knowing that I, the Qin Dynasty, are destined to return, Even the barbarians from all over the world have to kneel down!" Seeing the emperor's thoughtful look on the couch, Zhao Tuo added more: "I think we can also let the famous masters in the world draw a portrait of His Majesty and print it on the coins. "
"Coins are something that everyone in the world must use. In this way, as long as thousands of people in the world use coins, they can see His Majesty's image and feel His Majesty's mighty virtue. Wouldn't it be better to do this? A giant was cast out of the sky, but all the people could not look up to it?" Qin Shihuang was stunned.
Instead of making gold figures, make coins instead. Also engrave the statues of kneeling Yi people on the coins, or print the image of yourself as a powerful and wise person for all the people in the world to pay homage to?
This idea is somewhat novel. Qin Shihuang closed his eyes, and scenes appeared in his mind.
A child held a coin in his hand and curiously asked his mother: "Mom, who is the person on this coin? He is so majestic." The woman immediately said respectfully: "That is the current emperor. , is the greatest emperor who rules the world!"
"It turns out to be the emperor!" The child looked at the portrait on the coin with admiration.
"Emperor, great emperor!" By doing this, it seems that he can really spread the reputation of his emperor throughout the world, making every capital of Guizhou look at his portrait and recite his emperor's name every day.
Looking at Qin Shihuang who was moved on the stage. Zhao Tuo was a little nervous. He deliberately mentioned the unification of the world's currency at this time, just to remind Qin Shihuang that our Qin State was about to abolish the currencies of the six countries. To do this big thing, a large number of Qin coins would definitely be minted, which would require a lot of copper materials.
When the country is short of copper, you use so much copper and iron to cast the Golden Man. Do you, the emperor, feel at ease?
In addition to posing this practical problem, Zhao Tuo also proposed the idea of printing portraits. Your face is printed on coins all over the world, and thousands of Guizhou heads look up to you every day. Isn't the satisfaction this brings better than building a few golden figures?
Another strange idea came to Zhao Tuo's head.
"If the emperor agrees to this, and his face is printed on all the coins of Qin, what will future generations call him when they dig it out?" Qin Datou?
